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Riven with Udyr

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How to Synergize Riven and Udyr

based on 2,575 Riven with Udyr pairs
Win Rate
52.7 %
K/D/A
1.97
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull the results of from millions of League rounds directly from Riot Games each week. Riven has gone into battle with Udyr in 2575 recently played, competitive matches. By gathering so much accurate data straight from the creators of League of Legends, we are completely sure that we can showcase high quality, insightful builds to help Riven play with Udyr. It is relatively rare for Riven to play alongside Udyr as teammates. This has only happened in about 2.2% of matches with Riven.

Riven Udyr Synergy Summary

Riven does a good job of teaming up with Udyr. Normally, she wins a whopping 52.7% of the time the champs fight together on the same side. If you want to win more matches as Riven when fighting on the same team as Udyr by learning how to better synergize your play style with him, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Riven vs Udyr Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Riven Items

~22 Mins
Spear of ShojinDeath's DanceSundered Sky

Optional Items

Black CleaverMaw of MalmortiusEclipseProfane Hydra

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Riven to level upq
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Second ability for Riven to level upe
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Last skill for Riven to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
SorceryNimbus CloakTranscendence
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Riven's passive ability p
Riven's q ability q
Riven's w ability w
Riven's e ability e
Riven's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Synergizing Riven and Udyr

Tips for Playing as Riven with Udyr

Riven lacks a source of healing or strong defense and must compensate with burst combos. Lead into fights with Broken Wings and Ki Burst, while using Valor to escape and absorb counter-harass.

Riven's Broken Wings locks onto the champion your cursor is over at the time of cast. If you want to move past your opponent, make sure that your cursor is past your opponent as well.

Advice to Understand How Udyr Will Play

Udyr is one of the best junglers in the game. Taking advantage of this can give your team a large XP advantage and map control.

Damage is applied to turtle shield post-mitigation. Therefore, buying defensive items can drastically increase your survivability.

Riven Udyr Synergy Stats

Riven Image
Win Rate
52.7 %
VS
Win Rate
47.3 %
Udyr Image
7.1
< Kills >
6.9
5.8
< Deaths >
5.9
4.3
< Assists >
4.6
1.61
< Killing Sprees >
1.57
177
< Minions Killed >
178
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.44
19,019
< Physical Damage >
18,993
47
< Magic Damage >
57
1,100
< True Damage >
1,134
20,166
< Damage Dealt >
20,184
24,558
< Damage Taken >
24,940
12,120
< Gold Earned >
12,150
2.26
< Towers >
2.25
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
5,196
< Total Healing >
5,340
14,783
< Experience >
14,980
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
126
< Time Dealing CC >
128

How to Play with Udyr as Riven in LoL

The Riven Udyr synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Udyr, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Riven sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Udyr. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Udyr helps Riven perform not as well in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Riven is paired with Udyr, she observes a little decrease in her full damage output. This change may indicate that Udyr does not provide cover for her to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Riven is played with Udyr on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Udyr. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Udyr.

Additionally, when Riven plays with Udyr on the same side, she usually takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Udyr does a decent job of protecting Riven in teamfights.

Synergies between Riven and Udyr

Damage Types Compared

Riven
Udyr
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Riven
Udyr

Is Riven better when played alongside Udyr?

There is no one best ally for Riven that will always be her top teammate. Yet, Udyr is a good ally for Riven. By playing on the same team as Riven, he improves their win rate by 2.6% to 52.7%. This signals that there is a good bond between Riven and Udyr that allows them to perform better together than alone.

Udyr has a lower difficulty than Riven. That means Riven players don't need to be cautious when arranging Udyr allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to do well with you.

Fighting alongside, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Together, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

In contrast, by pairing Riven and Udyr together, you may not be giving your side a great deal of AP. Plan to pick other champs on your team that nullifies this gap in their playstyle.

Regardless of your Udyr ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Riven Players

How We Calculated Our Riven Udyr Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Riven and Udyr, we analyzed 2,575 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Riven with Udyr comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To truly master Riven in order to work well with Udyr during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The top items to have in your Riven and Udyr synergy build consist of Spear of Shojin, Death's Dance, and Sundered Sky. When Riven incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when fighting alongside Udyr than with most other typical builds. In fact, Riven boasted an average winrate of 52.7% when playing alongside Udyr with these items in her kit.

To have the highest probability of defeating your oponents, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players used for this team composition, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.7% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Udyr with Riven are shown for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.